Impact of services provided by Anganwaadi centres on nutritional status of children 1-6 years of age group
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 10
Abstract
Background: The anganwadi is a government sponsored child care and mother care centre in India caters the children 0-6 year age group. Nutritional status is primarily determined by a child’s growth in height and weight and is directly influenced by food intake and the occurrence of infections. Nutritional status is primarily determined by a child’s growth in height and weight and is directly influenced by food intake and the occurrence of infections. Objective: The study to assess the nutritional status of children 1-6 year of age group. Methodology: It was a field based cross-sectional study carried out in Berhampur municipal area done between June 2012 to October 2012. Data was collected by pre designed and pre tested questionnaire regarding demographic information of study subjects and evaluation of nutritional status of study subjects. The subjects under selected AWCs examined and respondents were interviewed by house to house visit to get relevant data. Results: Majority i.e.77% were reside in urban area and 23% were belonged to urban slums. Majority (61%) children had normal weight for age and 29% had grade-1 malnutrition, 8% grade 2 and 2% had grade 3 malnutrition. Nearly 50% children of slum AWCs had poor to very poor general appearance. Among males 40% were malnourished and among the females 38% had malnutrition. Conclusion: It need improvement in both infrastructure as well as performance level in AWCs. There should be a universal screening of all preschool children for under nutrition, growth monitoring individually and identifying different grades of malnutrition.
Authors and Affiliations
Lomapada Nayak, Nivedita Karmee, Gurukrushna Mohapatra, Radha Madhab Tripathy
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